Humberto Peñaloza
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Humberto Peñaloza is the tormented, unreliable narrator and central figure of José Donoso’s novel "The Obscene Bird of Night," whose fragmented identity and descent into madness drive the book’s nightmarish exploration of reality and illusion.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Humberto Peñaloza canonical | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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literary character ⓘ protagonist ⓘ unreliable narrator ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Obscene Bird of Night NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsInLanguage | Spanish ⓘ |
| associatedWithCharacter |
Boy of the Azcoitías
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Inés de Azcoitía NERFINISHED ⓘ Jerónimo de Azcoitía NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithLocation |
Azcoitía mansion
NERFINISHED
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Casa de Ejercicios Espirituales de la Encarnación NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithSetting | Chile NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
obsessive
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paranoid ⓘ tormented ⓘ unreliable ⓘ |
| createdBy | José Donoso NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genreOfWork |
Latin American Boom novel
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experimental fiction ⓘ modernist fiction ⓘ |
| identityMotif |
self-erasure
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shifting identities ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
first-person narrator
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frame narrator ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle |
fragmented narration
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hallucinatory narration ⓘ nonlinear narration ⓘ |
| nationalityInFiction | Chilean ⓘ |
| occupation | secretary ⓘ |
| psychologicalState | madness ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
enclosure and confinement
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erasure of the self in narrative ⓘ monstrous child ⓘ obscene bird of night ⓘ storytelling as control ⓘ |
| roleInWork | central figure ⓘ |
| symbolicRole |
embodiment of existential anguish
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embodiment of social decay ⓘ questioning of stable reality ⓘ |
| themeAssociation |
body and monstrosity
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fragmented identity ⓘ metafiction ⓘ power and domination ⓘ reality versus illusion ⓘ social marginalization ⓘ unreliable memory ⓘ |
| workPublicationYear | 1970 ⓘ |
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